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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>DuctTape Pre-Release Alpha Build</H1>
<H2>PLEASE READ! DuctTape won't work if you don't &ndash; no really,
it probably wont. :-)</H2>
<H3>Usage Notes:</H3>
<P>BACKUP YOUR WORK! AND FREQUENTLY! I would hate to have an error
destroy your only copy of your work, so don't give it the chance.</P>
<P>Before I get to the installation instructions, please note and
take heed that this build is NOT for public distribution. DuctTape is
no where near complete, and is not user friendly in this state, and
we don't want DuctTape giving a bad first impression before it's even
released. <BR><BR>You have been hand choosen to test DuctTape alpha.
By &ldquo;test&rdquo;, I mean that you will likely find something
wrong with DuctTape, and it WILL crash on you. The reason you've been
selected to test, is because you're intelligent enough to help us fix
it. As such, when you submit a bug, I'll probably ask you several
more questions. And if you are willing, I may even need you to
download some trouble shooting tools, so we can poke and prod
DuctTape together and figure out exactly what's going wrong with
DuctTape on your computer (though this is unlikely). If you don't
want to submit bug reports, then this pre-release isn't for you. <BR><BR>If
you find a part of DuctTape that says &ldquo;not implemented&rdquo;
or you try something and nothing happens, this is not a bug. It just
means we haven't gotten around to making it yet. While we're in
alpha, only submit bug reports for things that cause DuctTape to
crash, or produce irritating and incomprehensible error messages.<BR><BR>If
you know someone who would like to be a pre-release alpha tester,
have them contact me at <A HREF="mailto:coder0xff@hotmail.comr">coder0xff@hotmail.com</A>
or PM on Interlopers (coder0xff). Now for the fun part! 
</P>
<H3>Skip to Installation if you've already downloaded!</H3>
<H3>Downloading:</H3>
<OL>
	<LI><P>Download and install the program Tortoise SVN. 
	</P>
	<LI><P>Make a new folder on your desktop (or wherever you would like
	to keep DuctTape).</P>
	<LI><P>Go into the new folder and right click in the empty space.
	Choose SVN Checkout...</P>
	<LI><P>In the &ldquo;URL of repository&rdquo; field, enter:
	<A HREF="http://ducttape.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/">http://ducttape.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/</A></P>
	<LI><P>Click OK, and watch it download.</P>
</OL>
<H3>Installation:</H3>
<P>This non-release build of DuctTape does not include an installer.
As such, if this is the first time you're using DuctTape, there are a
few dependencies that need to be installed. These are all trusted
files directly from Microsoft's web sites. The links are at the end
of this document. First Install .Net Framework 3.5 (x86). If, and
only if, you receive an error stating you need a newer version of
Windows Installer, download and install Windows Installer 4.5. Then
install the XNA Framework and VC++ Runtime.<BR>After installation,
DuctTape can be ran from wherever you have downloaded it. 
</P>
<H3>Keep your copy up-to-date</H3>
<P>If you would like to update your copy of DuctTape to a newly built
version, use the Update feature of your SVN client. Most likely, you
use Tortoise SVN, so just right click on/in the folder that DuctTape
resides in, and select SVN Update. That's it!</P>
<H3>Removal:</H3>
<P>To remove DuctTape, simply delete the folder that contains
DuctTape.exe, *.dll files, *.pdb files, and the one 'app.ids'. Any
other files in that folder or any sub-folders were not created
automatically by DuctTape, so delete them with care. DuctTape creates
no registry entries, so no clean up is required.<BR>Submit questions
or bug reports via email or MSN messenger to <A HREF="mailto:coder0xff@hotmail.com">coder0xff@hotmail.com</A>.
Please let me know when you have successfully installed DuctTape, so
I can log you into the list of alpha testers.<BR>Enjoy!<BR><BR><BR>.Net
3.5:
<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=333325FD-AE52-4E35-B531-508D977D32A6&amp;displaylang=en">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=333325FD-AE52-4E35-B531-508D977D32A6&amp;displaylang=en</A><BR><BR>install
if above installation says you need it:
<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=5A58B56F-60B6-4412-95B9-54D056D6F9F4&amp;displaylang=en#filelist">http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=5A58B56F-60B6-4412-95B9-54D056D6F9F4&amp;displaylang=en#filelist</A><BR><BR>Microsft
XNA Framework 3.5:
<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6521D889-5414-49B8-AB32-E3FFF05A4C50&amp;displaylang=en">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6521D889-5414-49B8-AB32-E3FFF05A4C50&amp;displaylang=en</A><BR><BR>Library
(Yes, x86 &ndash; regardless of if you have a 64-bit system; there
will not be a 64 bit version until Steam releases a 64 bit client) :
<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&amp;displaylang=en">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&amp;displaylang=en</A></P>
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